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[G1 Apps and Games] :
Hi,

I updated today but the first calendar entry is not overlaying the first big icon like in the screens. Only showing one cal. entry per day now. I've activated german and power saving.

I'll try to create a layout as psd tomorrow.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Bug reported few post ago ;)

Repeated events are not yet managed.

I hope I'll have time to do this tonight.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
overlay > it depends of skin & icons.

cal > "Only showing one cal. entry per day now." ? normal or not ? screenshot ?
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
could we have an option to blend in the daily forecast as if it were a calender entry?

and it could also be put there automatically if there is no calendar entry for a day, instead of the "-".

so the option would be "Always show forecast in calendar"

it´s a weather calendar after all ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
good idea (as option).
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
For people having troubles with events time.

I found the problem !

You have to check that timezone is correctly defined in android phone AND google calendar website (if you use it). It should be the same.

I checked for multiple timezone, everything works :)
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
Great app! I just purchased the full and will likely do the same for my wifes soon. I have noticed that not all the skins seem to work. Namely the HTC ones don't seem to work. The animated one is missing most of the images and the non-animated one causes the widget to force close.

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Seems to me like a memory problem ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta 2.3.8b1 :

- take into account 'repeating events' (only in simple mode - repeat each hours, day, week, year). NO : specific day repeat, exclude rules, monthly with day ...

- know bug : invalid event duration for repeated events.

very difficult because not documented at all :(

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-238b1.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
Can you expand on this a bit? I'm using apps2sd so all the apps are on my sd card and I have lots of free space left.
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
My wifes phone has the same problem with the HTC widgets. With the animation one I get a bunch of icons that say something about no icon. Are the downloadable skins complete? If not it would be nice if there was a way to mark complete ones and incomplete ones.

Also I noticed right now you decide night vs day based on user input. It would be pretty cool if the app would query when sunset is for their geographical area and automatically change the night and day accordingly.

I'm looking forward to help testing. Is this best place to report issues?
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
At the begining, when I was working on animations, I had a lot of memory problems (nor conventionnal memory, but HEAP memory). My 'solution' : reboot, and retry, to see if it is a HEAP memory problem.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Yes, it's the best place to report issues :)

For animations, that's strange. Can you try to redownload the skin ?

A mark 'complete' is a good idea. I add it to my task list. Currently, an alert panel should be show if there is any problem.

sunset > difficult, I have to find the good API and opened (no 'terms of uses' commercial restrictions) :(
[G1 Apps and Games] treoking:
Hi!

In the new 4x2 layout you have removed the small icon that was the full day forecast... This icon was useful, because the main icon samples the current condition, and the smail samples the full day forecast...

For these reason, I like more much the old layout... Can you include the small icon of the current day again?

Bye!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Due to new icons/texts positions, it is no more possible to keep this icon. BUT you can still choose which kind of main icon you want (current weather - not very usefull I think - / or day forecast - yessss ;) -)
[G1 Apps and Games] :
Hi,

i can't edit psd with gimp (free) so i made a draft as jpg to visualize improvements in layout:

Before:

After:

​

Draft-Improvements:

+ No Weekday-Name for Today, i think everybody knows the big icon and big forecast info is ment to be today. This is waste and consumes usefull space.

+ More compact look for today information

+ Today calendar entries on top in one line with today forecast

+ More calendar entries for today now possible (max. 3 entries, if more e.g.: then a Plus-Icon appears over scollbar-up-button which opens calendar app.

+ Next days moved on top, so more calendar entries possible for following days (Before: 4 entries, After: 8 entries possible!)

+ 4th Day icon shown complete now

+ I like the scrollbars, they are necessary to show many calendar entries if shown all in future

Pappl
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
"After" image doesn't load :(

EDIT: ok, it finally load.

I found this too much. Too much informations... not pretty. Sorry, that's my feeling.

Hide current day date can be a good idea, but since current date is not directly visible in Android, that's no so bad. But I can add it as option.

'+' icon are very difficult to implement (scroll is difficult too). It will be slow (need to recalculate everything and redraw all ...)

I agree to show more things, but it should not be 'more for more', it should stay 'design & clean'.

I schedule a 4x3 widget in next days (to be able to show more informations).
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
@koxx

please keep the current layout as an option or additional widget if you should implement this proposal. i like the current layout much better. this one is too stuffed, just my opinion, no offence!

please also keep the weekday&date for today! i like this very much because it shows the current date. otherwise i´d have to get another widget to show it for me ;)

edit: koxx was faster ;)

a 4x3 widget is good news, looking forward to that one! maybe there`s space for humidity and wind there somewhere, hehe ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
another small request. in case of a calender entry like this

7:15 - Drink Coffee

could you format it like 07:15?

07:15 - Drink Coffee

10:00 - Eat Breakfast

looks nicer this way ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
not sure, i removed the first "0" few days ago ;)

But as option (ready in database - date/time format string -)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta 2.3.8b2 :

- new recurrent event management (still not full manage recurent events)

- new 4x3 layout (with cal)

- new link in details panel (click on forecast to redirect on 'weather underground' detail informations -> will work only if your current location is known from wund site ...)

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-238b2.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
deinstalled and reinstalled new beta. trying to put the 4x3 on the home screen gives me a 4x4 widget. i'm using dxtop if that matters...
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
hummm ... strange. Can you try without dxtop ?
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
switched to normal home, problem remains the same. it's a vodafone htc magic, stock firmware.

edit: it shows one normal top row (like the 4x2 top), one "empty" row and 2 rows calender if that helps.
[G1 Apps and Games] androxx:
I have the same problem with the 4x3 widget. And I have a Vodafone HTC Magic , too.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
can you try this ?

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-238b3.apk

and a small screenshot of my next widget (only a picture in at this time - no code at all)
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
works but i cannot configure it, skinning does not work
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
cannot configure ?

can you go in configuration panel ?

can you explain ?
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
sorry, my bad, false alarm. there was another widget sitting around on another screen, i did not remove it. everything works. but forecast is stopping after 3 days, no more symbols (google problem i think?). and it would be nice if the current day could have it's forecast symbol back, looks a little empty there ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] androxx:
The new works on my magic now, too. But on sunday (last/6th day on the widget) theres a event, which is set saturday?! In the calender (the built-in-app) there's no event on sunday.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Is it a recurrent event ?
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
redownloading fixed it though I noticed a few bugs when downloading.

First if you start downloading and then happen to rotate the phone so that it autorotates bad things happen. The same is true if your screen times out. By bad things I mean things like foreclosures and/or reporting that the theme is installed but it really isn't installed correctly.

It might be a good idea to do some md5sums to verify the theme downloaded correctly.
[G1 Apps and Games] sebcrafter:
Vraiment sympa ce widget, j'attends avec impatience sa mise à disposition (même payant).
[G1 Apps and Games] androxx:
No, it's a nonrecurring event (starts saturday, 8th 13:30 and ends saturday, 8th 20:30) .

EDIT: I just tested, what happens when I create a new one. When I create a new one on saturday, it will be shown on sunday, too. And when i create a new on sunday, it won't be displayed.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
I found a bug for day6 ;)

new version :

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-238b4.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
Ok another small bug:

When the temperature gets above 100F the F gets partially cut off. This must be an issue with the number of digits allowed in that field and/or the drawing order/transparency settings.
[G1 Apps and Games] jda1977:
Going to install and give this a go instead of quick cal and beautiful widgets...
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
You won't be sorry. The 1E cost is definitely worth it.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
ok, i'll test it ;)

thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
Actually you don't need an API! You can use the date, latitude, and longitude coordinates to compute the times (do this once a day and store it so you don't drain the cpu).

http://williams.best.vwh.net/sunrise_sunset_algorithm.htm

To start you could try implementing just steps 1 and 2 as it gives you an approximate time, then if you wanted to be more exact (maybe report the sunrise sunset time after you click on the widget) you could compute a more exact time. From my calculations the approximation can be computed in about 20 flops and would be much less if android contains a function to query which day of the year it is. I
[G1 Apps and Games] FANdroid:
Here are some wishlist items for future versions of the Weather Widget:

4x1 (or 3x1) layout that supports 2 different weather locations. (will be less resources then running two 2x1 widgets?)

The ability to SAVE/LOAD your current widget settings. That way if the widget crashes and you need to recreate it all your settings are stored on the SD card and are quick to load.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
2 diff location in 1 widget > sorry, but NO ! it broken all the widget concept. Use 2 widget to do that.

Save settings > not a bad idea. Not very useful because not often added. It will add 'a lot' of code. But I take it.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
ok, I'll look at it :)

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new version, with new algorithms for recurrent events.

manage :

- daily events (with no day interval > 1)

- weekly events (all)

- monthly events (with fix day 'every 6 of ...' OK /// NO 'first friday' at this time)

- mimutly events -> trash (I won't manage them)

- hourly events -> trash (I won't manage them)

- yearly events -> not managed at this time

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-238b5.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
hmm, still no forecast for more than 3 days on the 4x3 widget (google api limitation?). could we have an option to blend out the days without forecast? or could you make them show a forecast? looks weird otherwise.

and i still second the request from someone (sorry, can't find post right now) to display the icon for today's forecast again. should be enough space on the 4x3 for this ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
forecast for 3 days > normal, google provide forecast for 4 days only (current + 3)

blend days without forecast > why not ... (already 11 options to add ........)

show a forecast > impossible

to display the icon for today's forecast > argghhh .... i'll become crazy
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
When I see that kind of comments on Market WITH NO WAY TO ANSWER !!!, I am so disappointed... sometimes I'd like to stop this project. I don't know if I'll do another widget (pure calendar) :(

Nice app but the free (demo) sucks

justin

>>> Working more than 200h for free ... I don't know if a lot of people do that.

It just stopped working for me

Sarah

>>> Sure she had a lot of services or low memory and Android kernel is killing everything when he wants

its the weather widget that I'm using right now. However the forecast doesn't update frequently at all. I even. Set it to update every 15 mins

Kevin

>>> same answer

Looks great, and would be awesome...except that it slows down my device significantly, forcing an uninstall. Pity.

Kwan

>>> Impossible, it use processor only 15/20 seconds for resfresh, no processor use after that !!!

GRRRRRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! very unhappy.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
version 2.3.8 published
[G1 Apps and Games] ashes:
Koxx .... Short answer: **** THEM

You are doing a very good work.

If there are people who doesn't like, it's very simple: Don't use it !

The widget is very good. It has some bugs, that's correct, but all application have bugs ... that's a fact.

The positive side, is that you lissen to everyone and you quickly try to solve every bugs.

In my opinion, you should define a path, and follow it. Try to solve all bugs that you find, and put a final aplication in the market. Then you can wait for new ideas and put them in a future version.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
in which widget was it ? with cal or not ? which size ?
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
I agree to F*CK them ;)

But there is always a small frustration to work so much for that 'result'.

For 'no update' bug, there is no solution with current Android kernel version :(

I have added 'safe mode' to improve thing (may be not very well documented in current version), but that's not enough to solve this bug.

For other bugs (see first page), it will be solve quickly. ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
about the market comments, just look at other applications. sometimes there are even comments about something one can solve by simply reading the description of the application. so, just ignore the dumb ones. they are everywhere no one can help them. "make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot" ;)

this is by far the most useful widget ever:

- it shows the current date

- it has a working calendar (the stock widget is a buggy joke)

- it looks fabulous and everyone can customize it to fit their needs

- it does not drain the battery

- it has the best support a software can have

keep up the good work you are doing great!
[G1 Apps and Games] nemo.mole:
Great Job.

We need a beutiful calendar widget from you. :)
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
http://www.yr.no/english/1.2025949

seems to be a free weather source with very detailed data. the (also free) snowstorm weather widget uses it. it's only in english, though.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Thanks, my mood is going up ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
I know, but :

- only in english

- only norway !

I'll see if I have time to include it, but I already have a lot of work scheduled ...
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
4x2 calendar using HTC animated.
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
Yeah just ignore them. I will go leave some market feedback for you and try to get people to buy your app.
[G1 Apps and Games] sputnik99:
Mee, too, I'd like to remonter le moral (oh, board rule: english), I mean to put you in better humour...

Everytime I look into my xda-dev.com, I have a look into this thread, too. And then really everytime there is a new version of this wonderful app and I play around with this and each time I think it's better than before but this can't be improved anymore. But then it's better, again.

Keep up the good work and don't listen to that "give me everything for free" winers.

Idea: what about a mini flip clock on the top right?
[G1 Apps and Games] Rekna:
Hi,

I have written some code to compute the sunset/sunrise times and have attached it here. This code is in c++ but it should be easy to port to what would be needed.

Feel free to use this if you think it would be useful, if you have any questions pm me.
[G1 Apps and Games] Eduardo911:
don't let the marketplace dinks get ya down koxx! they're basically the worst

just wanted to check in with a possible bug i just came across.. i'm trying to add the 4x2 (which i assume means 4 wide and 2 tall)

this is the layout of existing icons on my homescreen:

x__x

____

____

xxxx

for some reason though, when i try to add it just below that top left icon, it's telling me there's no room on that home screen. i tried to remove the two icons in the top row, and still got the same error

updated to 2.3.8 this morning so not sure if this is a new or existing thing

keep up the awesome releases!
[G1 Apps and Games] pagubg:
Koxx: DON'T Let comments bother you! I am with you and the project from the beggining and don't wanna loose you (it). You did a perfect work, and i use this widget in all the time. I also don't think that there must be a free version of this project :) It is so cheap for a useful program like it is.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Thank you very much :D

It's good to feel support.

I'm working on TimeZones problem for full day events. I had to broke a lot of code. I hope I won't intriduce too much bugs.

I'll deliver a beta in few time (<1h)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
can you try to add it on a completly free desk ? and add icons after ... just to check if it works
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
I'll have a look on it later. Thanks ! ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] Eduardo911:
oddly enough, i cleared that entire homescreen and then got the same error, tried it with 4x2 and 4x3. i was doing it landscape, keyboard out

on a hunch/whim, i tried going thru the whole process in portrait/keyboard-in mode...and it worked! not really sure why though haha
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta 2.3.9b1 :

- same limitation with recurrent events (~weekly / no yearly)

- all events duration should be correct (mono-day / multi-day / recurrent)

- timzones problem should be solved : I tried for France, Arizona and Argentina (ouchhh !!! big job !)

- add a new security to protect my update service from nasty android kernel (hope it will improve stability)

- new bug : multi-day events are showed each day (should be an option ... lol)

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-239b1.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] fmagg:
Instal new beta ok ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta 2.3.9b2 (special birthday version) :

- manage yearly events

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-239b2.apk

If 2 peolple can confirm that timezone issues (US ? mexik ? argentina ?) are fixed for full day events, I'll publish it.
[G1 Apps and Games] 4treyu:
This widget is beautiful, useful and practical and we all know it's too hard to ask for all those three qualities in a widget, also, which application doesn't have bugs? that's what updates are for, and koxx releases a lot of them! enough said :mad:
[G1 Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
this new calendar feature is so great. i am using it mostly for the calendar feature and not the weather feature, ironic haha.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
can few people test the last beta and check full day events ?
[G1 Apps and Games] tf442:
Great job koxx. Beautiful widget. The best. Don't let the bad guys get you down.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
thanks thanks :p

but please, test the last beta !

after confirmation, i'll publish it :D
[G1 Apps and Games] bluecluenj:
Last beta

Full day events for me seem to be accurate and displaying correctly. Full day recurring events, as stated, are not yet displaying correctly (not skipping week when it is specified to skip week in calendar). Awesome app!
[G1 Apps and Games] nemo.mole:
I have placed the widget 4*3 on my main home screen,it's really great!

May I have some suggestions?

If we could improve the artwork and let the format of calendar more reqular/beautiful,just like the animation whole screen,it will be more charming!:D

For me,it could even be a 4*4 widget and occupy a whole screen.

Thank you very much!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
ok, thanks !

where are you from ?

US ?
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
If you can make a modified screenshot of what you would like to see, it will be better ;)

what do you mean by "format of calendar more reqular/beautiful" ?
[G1 Apps and Games] bluecluenj:
Yes, US, Eastern Time
[G1 Apps and Games] sputnik99:
One thing I noticed with the latest beta (don't know if it was before);

The agenda view shows dates in the past. E.G. today is thursday and it shows the week's appointments from last monday til wednestay, too.

Bug or feature?

I think it's not needed.
[G1 Apps and Games] sputnik99:
another minor issue:

in the 4x3 view the last line of text is cut in half. But maybe that's connected to the background skin I use (medium grey outlined). I will try later to check out, if this is skin related.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
:(

god ! no ! :(

can you post screenshot from google calendar website and phone ? I want to be sure. I worked on this 10h :( **** !

Where are you from ?
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Nothing is done to end 'cleanly'. It shows everything it can. I'll clean this later.

I have to FIX all calendars issues.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Confirmed by mail & forum, main timezone bug seems to be fixed for US -> 2.3.9 published !
[G1 Apps and Games] 4treyu:
Hey koxx, I don't know what could be happening, but now that I updated to 2.3.9 through market my calendar events are not showing in the 4x2 widget, even after deleting and restoring the widget.
[G1 Apps and Games] sputnik99:
I am from Germany.

Screenshot is a little bit difficult, because I don't have the SDK installed here. The onnly thing you would see is that you click on the widget, the agenda view opens (nice!!! :-) ), and you see the appointments of the past 3 days, although it's HISTORY.

But wait, wait, wait... I just checked normal calendar and the agenda view and it's the same. So not app-related. You can lean back.
[G1 Apps and Games] sputnik99:
has to be something else. With the latest beta events are showing perfectly.
[G1 Apps and Games] 4treyu:
The only important change that I could think of is the timezone fix. My Time zone is America/Caracas, but I don't know if that could be related.
[G1 Apps and Games] nemo.mole:
Sorry,I am not good at artwork and just could offer some suggestions.:)

There are two drawings here for comparison.

In order to make calendar clear,maybe we could do some improvements.

1.If there is no event in that day,just let it empty,and do not leave a '-' here.

2.Why not use some lines to seperate the different days just like the weather?

3.I think we could use different font size in the layout and create 'focus'.For example,if I put the widget on my home screen,the current weather has larger font and drawing size and that's the focus effect.

Sorry for my poor English,But I do love your widget.:D
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Pure calendar beta release !

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4281628&posted=1#post4281628

Enjoy, beta are free ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
1> I prefere '-' ... but we can vote ;)

2> I think it sill be too much. I prefer to avoid un-useful things

3> don't understand, can you explain ?
[G1 Apps and Games] ashes:
Failed Update

I don't know if this bug has been reported yet ...

I've configured the update to 3 hours.

If the update fails all calendar entries dissapear from the widget.

If i manually update the weather or make any change in the widget, it re-syncs with google calendar and show the entries again ...

keep the good work (I'll also try the pure calendar). Great work !!!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Hello,

Have you tried 'safe update' mode in configuration panel ?
[G1 Apps and Games] :
Hi, on current release the 4x3 cal-widget has a layout bug if switched to landscape.

The text is mixed in top icon -> text needs to be moved down.

;)